Sister Mary Audrey Mable Beauvais, SSA Passes
Volume 27 Issue 10, 11 & 12 | Posted: December 13, 2013
(Sr. Mary Rose Dorothy) Born February 17, 1922, in Montreal, Quebec, the third of four children, died September 26, 2013, at Mount St. Mary Hospital, Victoria, BC. Audrey entered the Sisters of St. Ann in 1941 and pronounced her vows at the Motherhouse in Lachine, Quebec, on July 24, 1943.
(Sr. Mary Rose Dorothy) Born February 17, 1922, in Montreal, Quebec, the third of four children, died September 26, 2013, at Mount St. Mary Hospital, Victoria, BC. Audrey entered the Sisters of St. Ann in 1941 and pronounced her vows at the Motherhouse in Lachine, Quebec, on July 24, 1943.
Audrey’s 38 year ministry as an educator began in Caughnawaga, Quebec, followed by 14 years in BC teaching at St. Mary’s Indian Residential School in Mission City, at St. Peter’s Elementary School and at St. Ann’s Academy in New Westminster and at Smith Memorial School in Port Alberni. Audrey returned to Montreal to teach at St. Pius X High School, as assistant principal at Resurrection High School in Lachine and as Principal in Dorval at Queen of Angels Academy. For ten years she served in school administration and community leadership as well as in community formation. To prepare for her second career Audrey obtained a third Masters’ Degree in Library Science from McGill University. She served as Librarian at Queen of Angels Academy before returning west in 1993 to Queenswood Spirituality Center in Victoria. While there, she encouraged many to use the library, especially youth, and she sat on the Board of the Centre for Studies in Religion & Society at the University of Victoria.
In 2003, Sr. Audrey retired to St. Ann’s Residence, Victoria, where she was hospitable to all she encountered. Predeceased by her parents, Gertrude (O'Connor) and Joseph Emile Beauvais; siblings, Dorothy who died in infancy, brothers, Emile and Desmond. She is survived by her friends, colleagues and her own community of The Sisters of St. Ann.